Chapter 2 Wang Xiaofeng

Wang Xiaofeng was Qiao Tianchao, whom he met in the year of the Battle of Xuzhou. After Qiao Tianchao was injured, he was rescued by the Charity Hospital, where he met the nurse Wang Xiaofeng. Two years later, the two got married. As a soldier, Qiao Tianchao lived a turbulent life, and Wang Xiaofeng stayed in the charity hospital in Xuzhou to continue to work as a nurse. This was what the superior organization later learned from Qiao Tianchao.

Xu Yinchu's wife was the first to come to Shenyang, Xu Yinchu was a native of northern Jiangsu, and before the Japanese came, he was engaged in intelligence work in the Shanghai Garrison. People who engage in intelligence often go to places that are rarely frequented by ordinary people, such as nightclubs. In the thirties, Shanghai Tang, the nightclubs were very prosperous, the lights were bright, and it was known as the night Paris. When he was collecting intelligence in a nightclub, he met his current wife, Shen Lina, by the way. At that time, Shen Lina was in the prime of her life, a twenty-eight girl, although she was not a beautiful woman. Xu Yinchu is also in his twenties, and his blood is strong, and it is not difficult to meet the dancer Shen Lina and get her hands. As a dancer, Shen Lina can find someone from the garrison as a backer, of course, she can't ask for it. So, the two hit it off. Not long after, Xu Yinchu married Shen Lina. Since then, she has bid farewell to the bright nightclubs and become a lady wholeheartedly. It wasn't until the defeat in the defense of Songhu that she fled to Chongqing with Xu Yinchu and gave birth to their child in Chongqing, a son, who is three years old this year.

A few years ago, when Xu Yinchu was ordered to set up the Northeast Station of the Military Command, he considered taking his wife and children over, but the situation in the Northeast at that time was very chaotic, and he wanted to see it. In order to redeem the defeat, he desperately asked Shen Lina to come to his side. He thought that letting the Kuomintang commanders see the determination of these people in the Military Command Bureau, and the posture of becoming a benevolent person if they did not succeed made people feel the tragedy and grandeur of Xu Yinchu.

Shen Lina came to Shenyang from Chongqing this time, and did not bring her three-year-old son, but left the child and nanny in Chongqing. Xu Yinchu didn't blame her for this, no matter what, at the moment when the war situation was chaotic, after all, Shen Lina came to the Northeast without hesitation and stood with the party-state.

The women of the military command station came one after another, Shang Pin, the director of the confidential office, is from Baodi, Tianjin, and his wife is also from Baodi, and she speaks in a rough voice and a Tianjin accent.

Executive captain Ma Tiancheng's wife also came, Ma Tiancheng's wife is from Shandong, wrapped her feet, and later let go, but her wife's feet are still one size smaller than normal people, and she was nicknamed "Half Foot". Half foot's surname is Liu, and no one seems to remember what she called Liu, and many family members call her Liu Half Foot in front of her back. Liu Banjiao is dressed as a typical Shandong woman, with her hair tied back behind her head and a hairpin. The coarse cloth shirt on the placket, because of the small feet, is a little stumbling when walking.

The family courtyard of the military command station is located in the backyard of the office building, where there is a row of blue-brick bungalows, and every two houses are separated by a courtyard wall. Before the recovery of Northeast China, it was a Japanese camp, and this courtyard was also the family courtyard of Japanese officers, and the style of the courtyard was a little special, with both typical Chinese style and Japanese characteristics.

When the family members were almost there, Station Commander Xu Yinchu personally came to the family courtyard of the military command station and ceremoniously received these family members who came from afar. His expression was sincere, and he stood in front of his men and their women in the posture of a standard soldier, and the two stars on his shoulders, shining in the sunlight. He said: For the sake of the party-state, I have worked hard for you, the war situation in the northeast is chaotic and complicated, let you come at this time, I won't say it, you also understand that it is the party-state that needs you, and we soldiers need you. As long as we are sincerely united, we can redeem the disadvantage of the war situation in the northeast. I'm here to thank you. After speaking, he bowed deeply to these high and low women. Mrs. Shen Lina has also seen the world in Shanghai's Shili Foreign Field, she took the lead in applauding, and the women also clapped their hands, with uneven voices, high and low.

People found that when Xu Yinchu stood up, there were tears in the corners of his eyes.

Qiao Tianchao's wife has not yet come, and Xu Yinchu has been looking at Qiao Tianchao with puzzled eyes these days. When Xu Yinchu ordered his family to come to Shenyang, he asked Shang Pinmi, the director of the confidential office, to send a telegram. The telegram was sent to the garrison headquarters where the ladies were stationed, asking them to assist in sending the families to the northeast. The affairs of the Military Command Bureau are no trivial matter, and no unit dares to slack off when it receives such a telegram, and it travels from night to night to send the family members to their destination one stop after another.

The garrison in Xuzhou also received such a coded telegram in the name of the Military Command Bureau, and they easily found Wang Xiaofeng in the charity hospital based on the information provided in the telegram. Wang Xiaofeng is on the night shift, she knows the changes in her husband Qiao Tianchao's work, and after marrying Qiao Tianchao, she has adapted to this kind of day when there is less gathering and more separation. Her husband Qiao Tianchao is always moving here today and there tomorrow, and she can't tell her about the troops, but she understands that soldiers should obey orders. She really hoped that this battle would not be fought again, let Qiao Tianchao return to her side, and let them live an ordinary life peacefully. Unexpectedly, the stars and the moon were looking forward to the surrender of the Japanese, she thought that this battle would not be fought again, and Qiao Tianchao should return to her, but in the end, it was a bamboo basket for nothing. The civil war broke out again.

Her husband Qiao Tianchao is in the Northeast, and the situation in the Northeast has become the focus of her attention, and every trace of news in the Northeast will affect her sensitive nerves. When a major approached her and showed her a telegram from the Military Administration, her heart sank again.

She was escorted to her place at noon the next day. A jeep, and that major. The major was a man of few words and barely spoke to her. The jeep was jolting, and so was her heart. At this moment, all she was thinking about was Qiao Tianchao. Qiao Tianchao hadn't seen him since he went to the Northeast. Occasionally, letters come in, but they are only a few words, because of the war, communication has been poor, and sometimes a letter has to travel on the road for several months, or even half a year.

On the way, she tossed and turned several times to change cars. Later, she learned that each team had its own defense zone, and she was picked up by the next team at the edge of the defense zone every time, as if it was a relay race. Fortunately, there were no risks along the way, except for some hard work, everything was normal.

Shortly after the troops stationed in Hebei received her, the jeep swayed up the mountain road. She knew that she was about to go to the northeast after Hebei, and she also knew that her husband Qiao Tianchao was from Baoding, Hebei. When I think of this, I feel a touch of sweetness in my heart.

Just then, the jeep suddenly stopped, and it turned out that a fallen tree was blocking their way. When the driver and a captain jumped out of the car to move the tree, several heavily armed soldiers jumped out of the grass on the side of the road. She and the two men who escorted her were blindfolded and stumbled into the mountains.

Alyosha began to busker again, singing "Katyusha" loudly in Russian. A Russian, singing soothing folk songs on the streets of Shenyang before the upcoming war, has undoubtedly become a unique scenery on the streets. Regardless of whether they were in the mood or not, they would stop when they walked in front of Alyosha and look at Alyosha a few times, or, with sympathy, throw a few gross tickets into the hat he placed at his feet. Alyosha repaid everyone who noticed him with his singing.

It was at this time that Qiao Tianchao appeared in front of Alyosha. Confidential Director Shang Pin invited him to a light meal, on the grounds that Shang Pin's wife had finally arrived in Shenyang safely, while Qiao Tianchao's wife had not yet arrived. Prior to this, Xu Yinchu, the stationmaster, had secretly ordered the director of the confidential office to send a secret telegram to Xuzhou to inquire about the situation of Qiao Tianchao's wife Wang Xiaofeng, and Xuzhou quickly called back to inform him that Wang Xiaofeng had been escorted out of Xuzhou a week ago and was on his way to the northeast. What the Military Command Bureau does is secret work, and it does not dare to make any mistakes. The Northeast Station of the Military Command Bureau was temporarily formed during the war, and Xu Yinchu was not very familiar with many of his subordinates, so he couldn't help but have an eye on it. He could not fail to guard against the intelligence work of the Communist Party. In Shanghai, he suffered the losses of the Japanese; In Chongqing, he also suffered the losses of the Communist Party, and now in Shenyang, he can no longer suffer losses. The success or failure of the Northeast War is in this battle, and he can't let their military command station have any mistakes at a critical juncture, it's a matter of losing his head. Under the instruction of Xu Yinchu, he arranged for Shangpin and his wife to have a banquet for Qiao Tianchao. According to Xu Yinchu's arrangement, this banquet has two meanings, one is to touch the bottom of Qiao Tianchao, and the other is to comfort Qiao Tianchao. After all, other people's family members have arrived in the Shenyang war zone, and only Qiao Tianchao's wife Wang Xiaofeng is still bumpy on the road, and no one has a sure number whether it is safe or not.

These days, Qiao Tianchao's heart is anxious, the information has been sent, he doesn't know how the organization will arrange it, but he believes that the organization will arrange everything. After he changed from Liu Kehao to Qiao Tianchao, he was directly under the management of the Northeast Bureau. For him, several traffic stations have been set up here, and at present he has used the Alyosha channel the most. First of all, Alyosha was Russian, and in the northeast at that time, there were many Russians like Alyosha scattered, and Alyosha sang along the streets, and it was flexible and easy to contact. Day by day, there is no news in the organization, seeing that the wives of the military command station have arrived, only his wife Wang Xiaofeng has not yet appeared, and he has felt the pressure from all sides in the past few days. He was in the Military Command Bureau, and knew that the eagle eyes lurking around him were watching him vigilantly. It is the job of their Military Command Bureau to peep at others, and not only to spy on others, but also to their own people. A few days ago, Executive Captain Ma Tiancheng inadvertently said something that while he was working at the Tianjin Station, a confidential officer sent a telegram by mistake and was immediately shot. The Military Command Bureau is like this, the slightest mistake will lead to arrest and shooting. Everybody lives with their heads on their heads.

Liu Kehao is most worried about making a mistake in Wang Xiaofeng's link. When the Yan'an headquarters ordered him to replace Qiao Tianchao and enter the enemy, he felt the burden on his shoulders, and according to his original intention, he didn't want to do this kind of underground work. He likes to face to face with the enemy on the battlefield, and with bravery and heroism he can win a war. Since he entered the Military Command Bureau, his nerves have not relaxed for a day, and he must not only win the trust of the people in the Military Command Bureau, but also make achievements. Two years earlier, in Linjiang, he had personally executed a cowering regimental commander and temporarily took over the command of the troops, who had captured a small village on the outskirts of Linjiang in one fell swoop. It is precisely because of this favorable stronghold that he won the advantage of time and troop dispatch in the tug-of-war with the communist army. It was on that occasion that he made a meritorious service and was promoted from captain to major.

The second time was in the Battle of Siping, where he personally visited the troops to supervise the battle. The first three times Siping was defended, and the communist army did not take advantage of it, and the fourth time was when there were no reinforcements inside and no rescuers outside, the troops reluctantly withdrew from Siping, which was really a bloody battle. In this battle to defend Siping, his military rank was promoted from major to lieutenant colonel. All this seems to have won the trust of Xu Yinchu and the military commander from the top to the bottom, but his heart is not easy at all. He was supposed to be at the forefront of the troops, but now he was in camp with the enemy, not only supervising the enemy's battle, but also offering advice and dealing with his comrades. When he did all this, you can imagine the feeling in his heart. However, it was through his intelligence that the organization consolidated the situation in North Manchuria, and the top-secret documents he provided for the deployment of the enemy army during the Sibao Linjiang and the attack on Siping also played a key role in the deployment of our army's troops and attack strategy. The Northeast Bureau secretly made a great contribution for him. There are detailed records in Liu Kehao's file.

At noon that day, Shang Pin comforted him and drank with him. Outside the window, Alyosha's piano disturbed him for a while, and he knew that Alyosha was sending him a secret message, and the beautiful "Katyusha" was a signal that something was looking for him. At this time, he was anxious, but he couldn't let Shang Pin see it, so he drank glass by glass. Shang Pin comforted him and said: Brother Qiao, Madam will come to you safely, don't worry, a good meal is not afraid of being late. After Shang Pin finished speaking, he smiled very contentedly.

When Shang Pin came out with him, he almost stepped on the stairs. Shang Pin grabbed him and grunted: Brother Qiao, you drank too much.

He smiled. When I came to the street, I saw Alyosha singing on the street corner, and when he came to Ayusha as a monk, his footsteps stopped. Shang Jing tugged at the corner of his coat and said: Brother Qiao, what's so nice about this, a Russian plays a broken accordion.

He smiled again, walked up to Alyosha, and without saying a word, took the harp from Alyosha's shoulder. Alyosha seemed stunned for a moment, and reluctantly watched as he put the piano on his shoulder. He squinted his eyes and played a song energetically, and he played "My Home is on the Songhua River in Northeast China". This song is not only sung by northeastern people, but also by many Chinese. When the song was finished, he returned the piano to Alyosha, and when he returned it, he knew that Alyosha would shove a note into his coat pocket. Then, he clapped his hands and walked to Shang Pin, laughing while saying, "Brother Shang, I drank too much."

Shang Pin smiled and said: I didn't expect Brother Qiao to be so elegant.

He laughed.

A few words were written in pencil on the note: Wang Xiaofeng will be there tomorrow.

The note also included a small photograph of a woman with thick eyebrows and big eyes, smiling at him. He knew that this was the wife assigned to him by the organization, and this Wang Xiaofeng was not Wang Xiaofeng. Thinking of the new comrade-in-arms that is about to be ushered in, I will continue to fight side by side with him, and he will no longer be alone. Thinking of this, most of the glasses of wine that the monk drank at noon also woke up. Qiao Tianchao was excited, and even had a hint of beauty, looking forward to the arrival of his comrades.